A number of Butler County school districts have candidates running in the 2021 primary election May 18.

The following individuals have filed, according to the Butler County Bureau of Elections:

- Alvin Vavro, cross-filed- John Conrad, Republican- Gary Shingleton, cross-filed- Regenold Griffin, cross-filed- Nina Teff, cross-filed

- John Haven, cross-filed- Melanie Zembrzuski, cross-filed- Gary Risch, Jr., cross-filed- Andrew John Vento, Republican- Christine Davies, cross-filed

- Domina “Nina” Hillwig Friel, cross-filed- Cari Harmon, cross-filed- Robert Bray, Republican- mars area school district- Nicole Thurner, cross-filed- Justin Miller, cross-filed- Christine Valenta, cross-filed- Jennifer Ann Stuber, cross-filed- Lee Ann Riner, Republican- Vicki Esswein, cross-filed- Jennifer DiCuccio, cross-filed

- Leslie Bredl, cross-filed, Region 1- Travis Savitt-Kraft, Democrat, Region 4- Timothy Hester, cross-filed, Region 5- Michael Jacobs, Republican, Region 6- Eric DiTullio, cross-filed, Region 8- Jeffrey Widdowson, cross-filed, Region 9

- Debra Crum, cross-filed, Region 1- Heather Scott, cross-filed, Region 1- Angela Llamas-Butler, Republican, Region 2- Diane Double, cross-filed, Region 2- Greg Schiller, Republican, Region 2- Vito Pilosi III, cross-filed, Region 2- Sara Whitman, cross-filed, Region 3

- Rebecca Freehling Boyd, cross-filed- Jill McDonald, cross-filed- Patti Larrimer, cross-filed- Anthony Infante, cross-filed

- Michael Panza, cross-filed- Joann Duke, cross-filed- Linda Dillaman, cross-filed- Bryan Sack, cross-filed